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1 N i vy , 0 )30 " Happy Land" can I see you after the in Whigeraa'G"entiemoannly know su of Cr E iv A lttyPj o 4, i nD . 4 ARDEN, my deal fellow! may THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limi ed). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £120,000, in 8,000 shares of £l5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share and £2 on allotment. No call will be made until at least two months after the date of al'otment, with an inter'al of three months between each call, which will not exceed £1 at any one time. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. Evan B. Jones, Esq., 15, Ilan.ver-street, Hanover-squa-e, Chairman. George F. Anderson, Esq., 31, Nottingham -place, York-gate, Ilegent's-park. George Bermingham, Esq., Kentish Town. Itueben Whitmore, Esq., 63, Cornhill. P. W. King, Esq., Hil marton-vidas, Camden-road, Hollo way. Charles Morton, Esq., Grove House, Putney, Managing Director. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard• street, and 411, Oxford-street. AUDITOR. Robert Joseph Clarke, Esq. (Messrs. It. Josh. Clarke and Ford, Public Accountants, 9, Old Jewry-chambers). BROKER. C. A. Murton, Esq., 27, Cornhill. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Mr. W. T. Harrison. TEMPORARY OFFUag . 17, George-yard, Lomkarthstreet, City. PP:OSPECT US. the This Company is es * .ablished for the purpose of purchasing property and c" . .mtinuing the business of the well known Oxford and Ca - aterbury Mush, Halls, so successfully con ducted by the present proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, for several years pa , t. The Directors, in bringing the present Company before the tpublic, are 'not inviting subscriptions to an unknown or un ried vent' are, but to an established and highly remunerative n d ertatang, and one which, with the additional means at Ce;namand of a Joint-stock Company, may be made still rnor , „ o. An a° - reement has been entered into for the purchase of the Whole of Mr. Morton's interest in these properties, together With the goodwill of the business and the stock In trade, on terms highly advantageous to the Company, and in order to lhow his confidence in its future succe,s, he has subscribed Xor one-fourth of the entire capital, and will continue for 'snine years the manager. It is the intention of the Company to increase the hotel Itceo rnmodation, which has hitherto been found inadequate, ,ind thus materially add to the present large returns. There also an excellent private wine trade attached to both establishments, which is capable of considerable extension. thlt is im possi b le to show, with certainty, by any statistics, e returns which may be expected from the present under- Itking, but the certified accounts for the last three years " 11 0 w an annual profit of upwards of 20 per cent. upon the Whole amount of capital, wh chit is contemplated eventually to call up, The nresent average attendance at the Oxford and Canter bnrY Mists Halls is about 60,000 a month, and the proposed e xtension of business will doubtless render the profits of the Undertakin g still more remunerative than ever. One. half of the capita has been already applied for, and a pplications for the remainder should be made to the bankers the Company, accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share ; if no allotment be made the deposit will be returned. Prosf,ectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the Oxford and the Canterbury, at the Brokers, and at the Temporary Offic s of the Company. The Share List will close on Tuesday, 26th July, 1861. T HE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £250,000, in 12,50' shires of £2O each, First issue 8,000 shares, of which one-half are already sub scribed by the Direct )rs and their i riends. Deposit Z 1 per share on application, and £2 on allotment and the remainder in calls not exceeding £2 per share, at interval+ of not less than two months. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per she..re. DIRECTORS. James Goodson, 32, Kensington Gardens-squp: te, Chairman. I Ward Hornor, The Howe, Halstead, ESA :, z. James Fennings, Fennings' Wharf, ''',,oley-street. John Everitt, 18, Tokenhonse-yaro London. Collinson Hall, sen., Navesto& Essex. John Watson Lay, 3, Saya" - e-g irdens, Tower-hill. lloward Heed, Hendon , Allddleses. Henry Grissell , William Tabor, Bisb:upsg•ate-street, London. 3- ,,egent's Canal Iron Works, Managing Di rector, With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. Cornelius Walford, 14, Leadenhall-street. P. W. Spooner, Public Accountant. Dl e4tB SOLICITORS. . Kingsford and Dorman, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. BANKERS. The East London Bank, Lombard-street. The Fl FINANCIAL AGENTS. nancial Corporation (Limit e 1), 14, Leadenhall-street. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Fred. Bolland Moore, Re g ent's Canal Ironworks. TEMPORARY OFFICES. t 4, Leadenhall• street, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying on, as 4 .joint-stock enterprise, the well known engineering works of Henry Grissell, situate in the Eagle Wharf-road, ent's Cana', London. wh ch are now in full operation. io r r,,he Works were established by Mr. Grissell in the year "n, and since that time have been most successfully carried , on under his immediate supervision. Each appli cant w i ll b e requ i re d to pay i n t o th e bankers of the Company £1 per share on the number of shares applied or, and upon allotment to make a further payment of £2 per shire on the shares allotted to him. Further calls will be 'made at intervals of not less than two months, and no call Will exceed £2 per share. a P drospectuse and forms of applicatlon for shares may bot the Solicitor, and at the Offices of the Financial Cor e Potation (limited), 14, Leadenhall- street, City, E.C. HE FLINrFSHIRE OIL AND CANNEL CO HPANY (Limi ed). illC orporated, with limited liability, under " The Companies Act, 1862. " Capital £500,000, in 10,000 shares of £5O each. First issue,, 6,000 shares. Deposit on application, £1 per share. Further payment on allotment, £4 per share. No call will exceed £5, and three months at least will intervene between each call. DIRECTORS. James Burrows, Esq., Engineer, Douglas Bank, Wigan. William Carter, Esq., Director of the Millwall iron Company, Benjamin Shrubbery, Shooter's-hill, Bent. 'eniamin Darbyshire, Esq. (Messrs. Darbyshire, _and Co.), Liverpool. -E. . Ferule, Esq., Giessen Manganese Works, Hesse Darm at adt, and Managing Partner of the Mineral Oil Company, Saltney, near Chester and Leesood, Flintsbire. George Haworth, Esq., , Managing w Director of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, Chester, William Hind, Esq. (Messrs. J. H. Hind and Co.), Liverpool, Chairman of the Commissioners of Birkenhead. George Rae, Esq., Banker, Liverpool, Chairman of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company. Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pount ne y-hil l, London, E.G. and Berkhamtead. Robert Rumney, Esq., F.C.S., Manufacturing Chemist, Man- Pestere Spence, Esq., F.C.S., Alum Manufacturer, Manchester and Goole. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool, and its several Branches. London—The London end Westminster Bank. Manchester—The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS. London —Messrs. Sob, Turners. and Hariwick. Liverpool —Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. BROKERS. London—J. C. Fielding, Esq., 4, Copthall-court, E.C. Liverpool —George E. Schultz, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Tithebarn-street. Manchester—Messrs. Walker and Heap, 1, Dude-street, Ex change. Glasgow —Messrs. Miller and Ferguson, 71, Queen-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., 27, Great George street, Westminster, S.W., and 64, Cross-street, Man_ Chester. S. L. Price, Esq., 5, Gresham-street, London, E.C. Temporary Offices-4 and 5, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool. PROSPECTUS. The " Curly" Cannel of a small district in. Flintshire yields Ilarger per-oentage of crude mineral oil, containing para um, than any cannel yet discovered. This oil &though only slightly inferior in quality to the celebrated petroleum of Pennsylvania, can be rduced with profit at less than one-third the cost of the litter delivered ,! I ,this country, whilst the refined oil distilled from the fine d Cannel commands nearly the same price as the re "'Jed American article. au trom this mineral oil are produced spirits of turpentine . stitute, burning oil, lubricating oil of three varieties, ;pd paraffin, and grease of several kinds. All these articles, ?_en of good quality, find a ready market. t he oil, and refining it, have hitherto been made three dis tinct and separate 'businesses, involving three different ma itag.,.,ements, with their att en d an t expenses . This Company is formed to distil and refine oil from can nel procured from its own mine ; it will thus unite three businesses, from each of which large pr o fit s are now ma d e . ~, this combination, and by having the command of ample Capital and perfect processes, the Company will be enabled to 'onduct a large trade to the greatest advantage, and thus losure profits considerably in excess even of those now being lealised, either from the manufacture or refining of oil in this country, or from its importation from any known source. In furtherance of these objects the purchase has been con cluded of the well-known works of the Mineral 'Oil Com pany at Saltney (near Chester), and Leeswood, in Flintshire, and also of the Freehold Cannel and Coal Mines, Works, and other property of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, c on n tiguous y to the Leeswood Works of the Mineral Oil Corn- Pa, The Company will thus at once enter into a well-estab lished, lucrative, and rapidly i ncreas i ng b us i ness, w i th com e works in full operation and with organis e d agenc i es , an d " 4 1 at the same time acquire a freehold mine of well known value, on terms which will enable th Comany to supply Peinselves with cannel of superior quality, at about one- Aurth of the present price. The purchase from the Mineral \•1 Company also includes an existing contract which will entitle this Company to a supply of 100 tons per day of 1 1; e urlY" cannel from the well-known Leeswood Green Col .:ell', for 22 ye ars f rom 1860, at a price considerably below its present market value. The price to be paid for the whole of the properties so P u rchased will not exceed £160,000, payable by instalments. o T he proprietor s o f th e Mi nera l Oil Company and of the fYddyn Oil and C o k e C ompany su bscribe a large proportion pie capital their Patent rights claimed by Messrs. Young and Co. for her , 3 : l ,.` ll .aeture of paraffin oil from coal will expire in Octo wilinC'; In the meantime the oerations of the Company frin geme nt e h eecellvileunntet c t l out t e o arin su g b u s t t s a a n l c i e u s d which ed to. will not in voiv e any in - In t purpose of pa , y further ioiue of shares (except for the first be off er for additional property), such shares will being. Messrs. Ferried pro rat to the shareholders for the time s, the Mineral 011 Robinson, and Carter, as representing Mr. George Company, - and Mr. George Rae, Chairman, and --a C o have, tor c h tt. Managing Director of the Tryddyn join the Board of tbißeiequest of the promoters, consented to • The preliminary P l Pany. per cent. of the capital: -"ea are guaranteed not to exceed 1 solihe ai ticles of aati may be seen at the offices of the citors Applications e Comp(Drshares tayment of the deposit or £ lO iist be accompanied with the Tayment of the deposit of xi o n a share ; in case the amount Po paid exceed £5 per share ;be number of shares allotted, the surplus will be returned tb t should it fall short, the balance must be paid within time to be st Ited in the the will be cancelled letter of allotment, otherwise the and the deposit forfeited. Forms of application for shares Gray be obt a i ne d f rom t h e brokers and soiicitors, and at the Cmp tem porary offices of the returne In cases din full. where no allotment is mad e the deposit will be HE FLINTSHIRE OIL and CANNEL NO COMPANY. Limited. r, FURTHER 20 torSHAR in this t h inst. ES 111 PallY will be r eceived after APPLICATEONS WEDNESDAY next, the Ihsoivn,'s-boil dings, Liverpool, July 16,1864. ) 77- N°. 22,485 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864. NEW NOVEL 13Y THE AUTHOR OF " ST. OLA.VE'S." K 8 LL INAHAN'WHISKY V. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS CI WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ie Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at _ gun can do, and nothing more. The studs, however, are in most cases torn away by the increased pitch of the rifling towards the muzzle—a most serious fault, as the pieces, flying like shrapnel, would make it dangerous to use the gun over the heads of troops, to say nothing of the impos sibility of using same ammunition twice over, Never, we believe, during the whole time the Armstrong shunt gun has been in use have any of its studs become detached from the shot in firing or atter firing; in fact, during one stage of the competition with Mr Whitworth, Sir William fired many rounds with shot that were used for the third time, and with the most perfect success as regards range and accuracy. Commander Scott's gun has also given, so far as it has gone, a very good average result, but there is no question that Mr Lancaster's gun is distancing all its com petitors, and is doing as well as, if not better than, either Sir William or Mr Whitworth as regards range and accu racy. At all the elevations up to which this gun has yet been tried he has been ahead of other competitors in initial velocity and in range, while in accuracy the shooting has been really astonishing. It is impossible to give the official result of this last week's trial for a day or two, but the re sumption of trials to-day is looked forward to at Shoebury with the interest natural to artillerists who find that at the eleventh hour a competitor has arisen against whom both Sir William and Mr Whitworth will have to work hard to hold their own. Mr Lancaster's gun would perhaps ere this have been pronounced perfect by the judges but for one serious drawback in its efficiency —the difficult nearly always experienced in getting its shot home. This hitch has occurred with more or less obstinacy almost every time the gun has been loaded, and of course unless such a defect can be shown to be removable, the gun, no matter what its accuracy, would be all but useless for service, All these guns will be severely tested by the Special Committee, as the following programme sufficiently shows : " 1. The committee will ascertain the initial velocity due to the following charges in each gun employing lubricators : five rounds, 121 b; five rounds, 201 b; five rounds, 251 b. Repeat the same without lubricators, but with a gummet wad placed between cartridge and shot, observing in both cases the recoil on a wet platform without compressor, ob serving the slope very carefully. " 2. The guns will be mounted on garrisen sliding car riages on traversing platforms, and fired down the range, with charge 251 b, without wad behind the shot, but with the service lubricator and felt wad. One preliminary round each, solid shot, at 2 deg, do 5 deg, do 10 deg. " 3. Fire 10 rounds at 2 deg elevation, by spirit level, from each gun, at marks at the same distance apart as the guns. Each gun to be laid directly on the mark, with no allowances for wind or deflection. " 4. Repeat at 5 deg. " 5. Repeat at 10 deg. I , 7, 8, 9. Repeat the practice at 2 deg, 5 deg, 10 deg, as before with 201 b charge, firing one preliminary trial shot from each gun at each elevation. " 10. The bores and vents to be examined, " 11, 12, and 13. Repeat the practce at 2 deg, 5 deg, 10 with such charge and pergun {of the first deg, with either 201 b or 251 b, to com p a re with previous practice in respect to uniformi t y of ran g e, Bores and vents to be again examined. supply of solidh e shot remaining elevation aa the committee may d irect wit h or without wads. rounds e fired " 15. Ten projectiles of the first ( l 30) ninewill supply which have tra velled 200 miles to be fired with 251 b charge at 10 deg. " 16. Fifty shots of the second supply will be flied for the further test of the facility of loading, wear of the grooves, effect of fouling on the loading and shooting, and endurance of the guns with either 251 b or 201 b charges. Each gun will be separately tested. " 17 Bore to be examined. " 18. Each gun will then fire 50 rounds spherical cast iron shot of mean guage 6.90 plus or minus .02, with charge 151 b, to ascertain how far the several systems of grooving can stand the use of round shot, and how far they favour accurate shooting. " 19. Bore to be examined. " 20. The remaining :50 shots of the second supply to be then fired with either 201 b or 151 b, as before. " 21. Bore to be examined. " 22. The committee reserve to themselves full latitude in the use of this second 100 rounds to fire them in such a way as to bring oat the strong or weak points of any one of the systems in such a manner as they judge best calcu lated to answer the purpose of this inquiry —viz., which of these five systems of projectiles and four systems of rifling is to be preferrred, and to determine wheiber any one of them is to be recommened for further ti isl or adoption. " 23. The trial of atoll shot or shells against iron de fences and of castiron common and segment shells will be confined to the gun preferred as a shot gun." Among others a must important experiment was tried last week at Shoebury with the Armstrong 600-pounder shunt, to ascertain what its effect would be at about 4,000 yards range. Of course it was not possible to ascertain this on a range actually of that length, as the Govern ment have on land greater than 800 yards, and it would be impossible to erect a target in the sands so far out to sea. The experiment was, nevertheless, just as conclusively made by a calculation of initial velocities. The initial velocity or speed at which the 600 pounder moves has been taken by Narvaez's electric apparatus at ranges from 200 up to 1,500 yards, and with these two numbers it was easy to find the third—namely, what its speed would he at 4,000 yards, which was found to be at the rate of 860 ft per second. The next thing to be ascertained was the charge of powder which would drive it from the gun at this velocity; and this being found to be 401 b, it was at once easy to make experiments at 200 yards, which would give precisely the same results as to destructive effects that would be got at 4,000. The gun, therefore, was loaded with a 401 b charge and a steel shot weighing 6031 b. This was fired against a very celebrated target at Shoebury, called the " box target," and one of the strongest, if not the very strongest, ever constructed. It is faced outside with one of John Brown and Co's admirable 61 inch armour plates. Behind this, strengthened with horizontal stringers of wrought iron, are 18 inches of teak, and behind this, again, a double skin of iron, liin thickness, the whole being backed by iron ribs 22in by 10in, As the resistance of armour plates increase as the square of the additional thickness, this target is literally more than twice as strong as the Warrior broad side. The 600 pounder, as we have said, was fired against this with a 401 b charge. The shot left the gun at a speed of 860 ft per second, and struck at a velocity of 840, crashing through both plate and backing, The point of impact was, unfortunately for the shot, just where the target was strongest from the support of nearly 3ft of solid pine beams, which form the box sides. Yet armour plate and backing were both crashed through, a perfect shower of pieces of the armour and splinters, or little beams rather, being cast far and wide in all directions. Nothing could be more conclusive than this proof that, according to both theory and practice, the Armstrong 600 pounder is capable of smashing through the strongest seagoing armourclad that cou ld b e got to float a t a distance of 4,000 yards, or more. There is no reason to doubt that the same result would have been effected if the shot had been fired at 500, or even 600 yarde, instead of 200—increase of range which, according to the calculated scale we have described, would have represented an actual distance of all but three ex periment, therefor e miles. The ex was satisfactory in this result, and still more satisfactory in another, the War- office having now determined to try the 600-pounder regularly with its full charges of powder and shot up to 14 dogs. of w hi c h is theat can . b e elevation, sent carriage. The gun has, therefore, with the greatest difficulty (for everything connected with the transport of heavy ordnance is of the roughest and most primitive kind at Shoebury), been placed on the bank overlooking the sea, and the experiments will be continued with it to-day and to-morrow, till we shall at last know something of the piece, good or bad. 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With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduAion, and offer them for sa'e this day (July Ist) throughout the month and during August. Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street, Pall Mall. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur -Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. •Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. 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The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W aflame, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bemers-street Masterman and Co. ; I. Barred and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. Experiments at Shoeburyness. The daily and somewhat dull routine of the long compe tition between Armstrong and Whitworth will, we believe, be discontinued for the present week, to allow time for making some experiments at Shoebury, which are, to say the least, of quite as much interest and importance to the public as any results that are likely to be elicited by the gun contest. What has been done in this competition during the last week may be summed up in a very few words. The three 70-pounders have been tried entirely for range and accuracy with common shot, and with a few rounds of Boxer shrapnel shell for the Whitworth and segment for the Arm strong. With solid shot the elevation was continued up to 21 degrees, the shunt gun ahead of the breechloader in range, and the Whitworth ahead of the shunt, the latter keeping a gradually increasing lead as the elevation got higher, till at the highest, 21 degrees, it threw its shot very nearly three-quarters of a mile beyond the Armstrong. With a few rounds of shell burst in front of three target screens, placed at intervals of six yards apart, Mr Whit worth was equally successful. The spherical form and in creased density of the shrapnel bullets in Colonel Boxer's enabled it to inflict many damages which were apparently beyond the reach of the rough iron segments of the Arm strong shell. In the first and second screens the perfora tions were about equal, but in the third screen the Boxer shell effected, at a rough estimate, almost four er five times as many perforations as the Armstrong. At 2 degrees of elevation the shooting of Mr Whitworth's gun was some• thing almost marvellous in its accuracy. In longitudinal accuracy its shots made a beautiful group, while the mean of the lateral deviation was as low as about 6ft. Even Mr Lancaster, wonderfully as his gun now seems to shoot, can scarcely hope to attain better results than this. But, as we have said, the further prosecution of these trials stands adjourned for a week, to allow some to be tried that are, we venture to think, of more pressing interest to the service. These trials are first to continue experiments on three different systems of rifling,—viz., the French gun, Mr Lancaster's, and Commander Scott's; secondly, to test the range and accuracy of Sir William Armstrong's great 600- pounder at high elevation ; and thirdly, to test the resist ance of aLa Gloire target—a target that has been built to precisely resemble, in all its most minute details of backing and fastening, the broadside of the much praised French frigate La Gloire. All these experiments are to take place, if possible, in the present week, which promises, therefore, to be one of the most instructive we have ever had at Shoebury. First, as to the competing systems of rifling, the trial of which is now in full progress under the Ordnance Select Committee, which seems to get through its work with a quickness from which the Special Committee on Armstrong and Whitworth guns might derive a most valuable lesson. Four guns were made for this competition at Woolwich, all 7-inch calibre, to throw 1101 b shot, all weighing about 7i tons, and all manufactured on Sir William's improved plan —namely, with steel barrels and wrought. iron coils wound round them. One of these was a compound gun, with a rifling of 15 grooves, made to fire the lead-capped projec tiles proposed both by Mr Bashley Brittain and Mr Jeffereys. It is needless, however, to say more of this piece, as it has new been withdrawn from further compe tition. Another was a three.grooved gun used throughout France—the " canon rays," with cast studs on the shot to enable it to take the rifling, and otherwise resembling though much inferior to Sir William's shunt gun. Another is Mr Lancaster's gun—the grooveless rifle with a slightly elliptical bore, having one complete turn in 52 diameters and firing a conical.headed shot Min. long. The next gun which now remains to complete is that of Commander Scott, having a rifling of five shallow grooves, and firing a conical shot of 12iin. The trials of these guns have been made along a stated range, over the sands at low tide, for range and accuracy up to 10 deg., and with charges rising from the lower to the higher elevations of from 121 b. to 201 b., and lastly, 251 b. The performances of the French gun may be summed up as making a respectable average in its range and accuracy, not worthy of much remark either as bad or good; in fact, just what any ordinarily good rifled - II /--------- - ...,, , --4,... •• M J 4 _4 a ' . •-•.. -.." • r 11 , ,,,Z.L.‘ ... . ,-r --- 2, - ~.....,.. --A__ .9.1J1 • . -.% ~ i ' ' ._.••‘' . o), ),- 'JO, ' 4S- - • 1-- - ", : . , - ......... \ rik . l.' oi -•- • '.' -`, v.', , ';',47-‘),."' 4 - - °'''' n.- Fes - 1:N, •I:sr .4 , .......2,_ ',..4 4 -. ~... ..,„,,,, -, 'T. 1 -,.4, 7 , ' , 4 1 r-, --,_ • 0 ....: ..Ez • . 14 „, , ,N,.. 4 5 ii 7 ::. ,AIN, '7 , -_: , , T- il ijt•-• - 1aim............ N"... ,• , • ••• , - -o••••" . D C r,,,, , ,-, -",„„,,;,..., , ).,/. -• , • 1 6,0 Apr r,_ . i. D... , ,T,f .1 . :`....!,,:•• • -.. -...-- ~„ . 11,`N Un+ „ . ...,,,,,, 1. . •`%: On Saturday there was another bright sunny day, well adapted for showing off the camp to the visitors, who came down in vast numbers, but, if anything, rather too bright for successful shooting, so that in competitions where the time of firing Ras optional many of the wariest riflemen held back till the cooler hours of the afternoon, familiarly known to anglers as " the killing time." The tedious, but in teresting process of shooting off the ties for the first stage of the Queen's Prize occupied some hours, and when the previous day's list of 114 had been reduced to the 100, who gain prizes this year, instead of 60, as formerly, it was found that the Metropolitan Volunteers, although distanced and outnumbered by those from country districts, were still creditably represented. No less than three members of the Ist City of London won their way into the first detach ment, composed of the 30 most successful shots among the 2,128 competitors ; and the same fore. most class likewise includes the names of Captain Field, of the Hon. Artillery Company and Private Vignoles, of the 38th Middlesex (Artists'). The list, as ultimately settled, was as follows : QUEEN'S PRIZE—FIRST STAGE. List of Winners in Order of Merit. Winners of Silver Medal, 30 Whitworth Rifles, 30 Prizes of £5 each, and 30 Badges, N.R.A. Point 3. Points. Serg. Jenks, Ist Shrop shire .. .. 43 Priv. Rhead, 3d Glouces ter Artillery .. 43 Ensign Lloyd, Ist Devon 43 Priv. Scott, 4th Renfrew 43 Captain Jee, 55th Lanca shire . 43 Serg. Jeffries, 18th Che shire .. .. 43 Col.-Serg. Marriott, 4th West York .. .. 43 ILieutenant Hesketh, 27th Lancashire 43 Sergeant Edwards, 6th Stafford .. .. 43 Private Stubbings. 7th Dorset .. .. 43 Priv. Nodder, Ist Lanca shire .. 43 Private Wyatt, Ist Lon don .. .. 42 Priv. Stormont, Ist Lon don 42 Col.-Serg. Westake, 18th Devon .. 42 - G-G- , --•.__i (~ •:.:::... ~,,,..- --; e4i„ x `7* 4 iYie efie sel .2e . . , tetr e. 944 j ' Divine service on the Common upon the Stili'4#4.WV /ret..; intervening between the two weeks competi ~ .;;171.f. ..- e.,AV 4 Ie and this year the Archbishop of York kindly e t tg " - ibe7 4 s; sented to preach a sermon appropriate to the OCCEV' 41 skt, and travelled up from his province in order tee do so. To the large umbrella marquee, which has already proved so useful in other capacities, was accordingly imparted as much the air of a military chapel as circumstances would permit. A reading desk and pulpit were erected and covered with the Union Jack, and seats were disposed commodiously around so that as many auditors as possible might be accommodated, while those whom the limits of the tent could not contain were enabled to see and hear over the heads of the sitting portion of the congregation. When all had taken their places the aspect of the assembly was striking. With the exception of a few seats in the vicinity of the pul pit, where the Speaker of the House of Commons, Lord Houghton, and some members of the Council, with their wives and families, were placed, the whole interior space was filled with uniforms, The Guards were placid to the right of the reading desk, the police to the left, and all the other beats were occupied indiscriminately by officers of the Line, Volunteers, See. Outside the military assembly, and consequently outside the protection afforded by the marquee, other attendants upon divine service, for the most part fashionably dressed, braved the full rays of a burning sun. A short special service, similar to that used in military churches, and first introduced into the Volunteer service by the Not. tingham Regiment (Robin Hood) was performed, the prayers being read by the Rev. T. Hanley Ball, M.A., lecturer of St. Mary's, Wimbledon , and the band of the London Scottish supplying a little too leisurely, but still with good effect, the instrumental accompaniment and guide to the singing. His Grace the Archbishop took his text from 2d Kings, chap. ix., v. 18, and the opening portion of his dis course was directed to the contrast between that earlier dispensation in which Jehu entered furiously on his mission of vengeance, and the later and milder one having for its object the redemption of man kind. Many, he said, had been pt zzled by the apparent inconsistency of the two na4tneds of deal ing with the human race. The records of the older epoch were sickly with the odour of blood, while the New Testament was a message of boundless love. Did it follow that there had been any change of plan on the part of the great Designer? Not in the least. The contrast was as plainly visible in our own time as it could be on the page of history. It was only the previous day that the crack of the rifle had been followed on that very spot by the ringing stroke of the bullet, showing, if need existed, that a life was in the hand of the man who fired the shot. That day they were met to glorify Him who gave up His own life that others might not suffer. The Archbishop briefly traced the rise and spread of the movement, holding that, although "Peace" should. ever be the Christian's motto, there was a point where non-resistance ceased to be a duty—when free institutions were imperilled, when the lives and liberties of others were at stake, and when religion itself was in danger of being overthrown. Then, addressing himself to the volunteers more pointedly, he said that hitherto the influence of the force had been altogether for good. While it could never be an invading areay it had taught its memn bers to conquer sloth, and to make diligent use of those leisure hours which too often there was a temptation to yield to idleness or worse. Its existence had been specially beneficial to the young, whom it was hardest for the ministers of religion to reach or to know much about. But there was even more that the force of its example might do. The Archbishop drew a striking picture of the re sults to be anticipated from the existence of a force whose members individually felt the full responsin bility of their acts, who would shrink from staining their uniforms by contact with anything evil or ignoble, and of whom it could never be said that any one of their number had injured man or wronged woman. The characteristics of the ser mon throughout were its extreme earnestness and practical application. Apart front the noteworthy circumstance that so eminent a dignitary of the Church of England thought it right prominently to endorse the otkets of the association, the address created so proleand en impression that a desire was universally expressed that it might be published in 'lull, a request to which his Grace immediately _e' STAMPED,....Sd. the Council, seen his way through two huge come petitions, in each of which 2,000 men and upwards shot, than a third (the City of London) is upon him, which promises to attain proportions equally great. To most men the necessity for drawing up detailed squadding papers, of all compositions the driest and most perplexing, in a mariner that shall defy the scrutiny of thousands of eager eyes on the following day would be a task sufficiently difficult, but to carry on this work and to have it protracted and post. poned from hour to hour by a running fire of ques. tions, suggestions, doubts, explanations, reminders, extenuations, and every other form of application growing out of the hope of triumph or the con sciousness of defeat is enough to turn the blandest and most polished of men into an official hyena. But the astounding part of the matter is that, either in his tent or outside it, " irritation" seems to be a word unknown at Wimbledon. To such an extent is this fact recognised, that one gallant officer charged with the supervision of a particular depart. ment went about for a whole day offering a reward of half.a-crown for a grumbler. As far as the con test has yet gone for the City of London prizes, the following were the highest scores made CITY 0 F LONDON. At 200 yards. Points. Private C. Hall, 9th Middlesex .............. 18 Private S. W. Block, Victorias .......... 18 Private G. Bettell, 7th Lincoln .............. 17 Sergeant W. Fuller, Victorias Private H. Radcliffe, 2d South Middlesex Captain R. Helium, 7th Inverness Corporal J. Sanders, sth Monmouth., l6 Lieut. A. Haid, sth Monmouth Sergeant J. Taylor, Leicester Private J. Adams, 25th Stafford .. 16 Sergt.-Inst. C. Milner, 2d Middlesex A. Leete, 22d Middlesex Captain W. Milligan, 31st Leicester l6 Colour-Sergeant A, Harmer, 11th Surrey Sergeant H. Smith, 15th Surrey Private F. J, Clarke, South Middlesex J. Y. Mayes, 37th Middlesex.. l6 H. Fowkes, Gth Lancashire T. J. West, 47th Lancashire l6 Private Wilson, Robin Hood l6 Ensign F, Hitchcock, 7th Wilts .. Point assented. As the congregation dispersed a collection was mule, on beh.iif of the pocr of Wimbledon, the con tributions 13( ins appropriately received in the boxes which on week days are devoted to pow and sight ing tickets. The match between the Lords and Commons, which it is the intention of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of \Vales to honour with their presence, will be shot this afternoon. It is expected that the competition will be completed in half the time this year which was requisite on the last occasion, as each 11 will be divided into two squads, and a corresponding number of targets allotted. The gratification of spectators will be in creased, while the convenience of members of either House is consulted by this arrangement. On the part of the House of Lords the following will be representative Peers :—The Marquis of Abercorn, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Airlic, Lord Bolton, Earl of Ducie, Lord Dufferin, Earl of Eldon, Lord Lie more, Earl Spencer, Lord Suffield, and Lord Open Evening. C A NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled THE TERCEN I'ENA lIY • or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written expressly by W. le. Vander yell, Esq., in which lir. W. Randall will re-appear. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS I "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and repassing through the Magic Fountain, la so complete an Illusion that it welinigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. 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Inspection of specimens and consultatf street, Bond-street, W. ; anu a ' "" , 4 Qrsiree---B.Grosvenor , Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham, id 30 Badges, N,R.A yet. When the 600• pounder came -•• t,-, Shoebury it was the largest rifled gun in th e world. It is they so no longer. Many G overnme nts have got, n ot one, but many rifled 600-poun d ers, pounders,and , about what is thev still al valve worse, e of h there is n o se cond opi nionthey have been used. Even the Danes, w h os e want of preparati 3n an d general un w which e have numbers of 300- in any part of the world where readiness we sometimes look t down upon with so much self. complacency, have not failed ! Provide themselves with some of Sir William's 300-po under s hunt-gnus, while we not only have none of th is kind yet in the service, but we believe almost none manufactured, except those now lying idle in front of the t a rgets whe re t hey have been used only to demonstrate their value to other countries. The Ameri cans have now literally h u ndr eds of 6 00-pou n d ers , an d h ave just succeeded in casting atrittsburg a 20-i nch gun to throw a spherical shot of 1,600 Ib.1 b. To be sure, all these guns are smooth bores fired with weak Powder in low charges, but the experiment of last week shows that the Americans are not altogether wrong in trusting to heavy shot at low velocities. There is no charge that could be expected to send the 1,6001 b shot we have spoken of out of its gun which would not at close range be sure to tell with almost sinking effect on the very best of our ironclads. In Sir William's large shunt guns, however, we have ordnance which are strong enough to be equal to thehighest charges, and a capable of throwing 150 Ror - 0 0 pounder shot to a range and with an accuracy which no other gun claims to effect but Mr Whitworth's 1 50 Pounder; for Mr Whit• worth has not yet brought forward a 300 pounder. If there could be only a competitive trial with Sir William's 150 pounder and Mr Whitworth's against armour plates and with shot and shell for range, accuracy, and destructiveness, a result would be gained one way or other on the finality 0 i which, as far as these ordnance are concerned, the pub lic might depend. At the same time it is in a manner unfair to Mr Whitworth to proceed to try Sir William's shunt guns of large calibre without inviting him to supply 150 or 3 00 -pounders, it he can do so, to be tried as soon as possible afterwards. -- , Points. Private Dolamore, 27th Middlesex . • .. 41 Col.-Sergeant Hart, 38th Middlesex .. .. 41 Corp. Germyn, 2d South Middlesex .. 41 Private Bruce, Ist Edin burgh • • .. 41 Private Brooks, Ist Devon 41 Serg. Deacon, sth North ampton .. • . .. 41 Ensign Black, 22d Middle sex •• •• •• 41 Private Hepplestone, 6th Lancashire .. 41 Private Holland, Ist Mid dlesex .. .. 41 Capt. Millican, Leicester 41 Private Hemery, 11th Middlesex .. .. 41 Serg. Snelous, Bth Che shire . • .. 41 Private Popplewell, 37th West Yorkshire.. .. 41 Private Simmonds, 12th Berns 91 Ensign Lockhart, 7th Ayr Corp. Allen, 14th Wilts.. 42 The following are winners in the 2d stage (Queen's) : Points. Private Hall, 9th Middle sex • • • • 41 Sergt. Porteous, 9th Mid dlesex .. 41 Priv. Cr.ddle, 11th Corn wall 41 Ensign Hooper, 40th Mid dlesex 41, Corp. Day, 6th Cheshire 41' Lieut. Fryer, 4th North York . 41 Priv. Wyatt, 13th Salop.. 41 Priv.Blackmore, 2d Devon 41 Priv. Birkley, 2d Tower Hamlets •• .. 41 Sergt. -Instructor Robin son, 16th Middlesex .. 41 Capt. Hadden, Ist Notts .. 41 Priv. Atkins, 12th Essex 41 Priv. Pavitt, 10th Somer set .. 41 Sergt. Milner, 2d South Middlesex .. .. 41 Sergt. Charles, sth Dorset 41 Lieut. Brown, Ist Wilts.. 41 C.- Sergt. Churchill, Ist London .. 40 C.-Sergeant Delves, 17th Ken t Corp. Roberts, 6th Salop.. 40 Priv. Harper, 2d Salop .. 4 From this list it will be seen that although the top scores made with the Enfield rifle in the fitst stage of the Queen's Prize have not been as high this year as in 1863, the competitors shot very evenly and steadily thropghout, the figures descend ing in regular gradation and without break or in terruption, from 47 downwards. In fact, calculations have been entered into with a view of showing that the general average of the shooting for the Queen's Prize this year is higher than it was in 1863—a view which is certainly supported by the fact that last year three men who had made 41 were included in the first class of 30, which this year contains no competitor who scored less than 42 ; and that the second class of 30 then contained 19 volunteers who qualified with 40 marks, whereas this year the first name having 40 opposite to it, is pushed down to the 77th place on the list. The small-bore shooting exhibits an undoubted improvement this year. In competitions where 20 is the highest possible num ber, 19 marks have been made and beaten over and over again. This was the case notably at the second series of extra prizes given for the highest score at 800 yards with any rifle. Lord Ducie made what was apparently the fine score of 19, but just after wards the statistical department received intelli• gence that there had been ties at that number, and finally, it was exceeded by a gentlemen from the noble lord's own county. Experience shows daily more and more what a fund of experience and observation is indispensable to the rifleman who seeks to compete on anything like equal terms with the first-class shots abounding at Wimbledon. The wind, the light, the character of the soil, the lie of the range, all these are points that cannot be too carefully ,'studied. The day has gone by when buying a good rifle and holding it straight was all that was requisite in small-bore contests, and the volunteer who has never shot anywhere beyond his county range, i s as much at a loss when he comes to the head-quarters of the National Association as an untravelled person on his entrance into society. As one instance of what it is in the power of practised shots to accomplish, take the case of Captain Beaton. In the course of the present meeting he has fired 61 shots at the Swiss target. Of these 58 were bull's-eyes, 26 of the shots lodging within the 11-inch carton. A point which is being forced into prominence by the high average shooting, both with smooth bores and regulation rifles, is the manner in which ties ought in future to be disposed of. Matters have reached such a pitch now that in the Alexandra co mpetition, if targets were gi ven up in adequate numbers to allow the ties to be shot off expedi tiously there would be enough to throw back the proceedings of the Association fora day. Irre• spective of equal scores for higher prizes, there are no less than 109 of 15 for a prize of £3. Remem. bering that 108 must be disappointed when these ties are shot off, and that the net value of the prize if distributed among them would be a little over 6d. per man, it sounds like an absurdity, but it is never• theless true, that each out of those 109 competitors will incur an outlay of 2s. for sighting shots before the question of precedence can be determined. Suggestions have been made in some quarters that the matrer should be decided by lot ; in others that a gradual process of elimination founded upon a comparison of the scores made at the different ranges should be employed. It is evident that some general principle as to tics must be adopted, once for all, now that between 2,000 and 3,000 competitors enter for a single prize. The extent of the difficulty in the case of th.e Alexandra Prize will be seen from the following statistics : ALEXANDRA PRIZE. At 200 Yards. 2 ties of 16 to shoot for first prize of £2O. 14 ties of 17 to shoot for one prize of £l5, and six prizes of £lO. 28 ties of 16 to shoot for 16 prizes of £5. 109 ties of 15 to shoot for At one prize of £3. Yards. 6 ties of 18 to shoot for two prizes of £l5. 19 ties of 17 to shoot for two prizes of £lO, and 16 prizes of £5. 52 ties of 16 to shoot for 19 prizes of D. No sooner has Captain - Page, the executive officer of of £3 each, but do not shoot Points. ' Priv. Buxton, te Bth BthK Derby 45 40 C.-Sergt. Whi, ent Capt. Mitchell, Ist Clack mannan .. • . .. 40 Capt. Bass, 25th Stafford 40 Ens. Gruning, 14th Mid dlesex .. .. .. 40 Priv. Clarke, 41st Kent .. 40 Sergt. Spurrell, 12th Kent 40 Sergt. Kimble, 25th Kent 40 Private Norsworthy, 23d Middlesex ~ .. 40 Private Holloway, sth Glocester .. .. .. 40 Corp. ilissett, sth Forfar 40 Capt. Greg, 22d Cheshire 40 Private Seaman, 2; th W. York .. .. .. 40 Corp. Dunn, 7th Kent .. 40 Col.-Sergt. Baines, 23d Middlesex .. .. 10 kEnsign Hitchcock, 6th Wilts .• .. .. 40 Sergt Livesay, lst Sussex 40 Priv. Farrow, 11th Lin coln .• .. . 40 I Priv. Anderson, 3d Lei cester .. .. .. 40 Sergt. Muir, 3d Kirkcud bright .. .. .. 40 At 500 Yards. Private J. Halsall, 21st Lancashire Captain Kersnaw, Bth Lancashire lB Private A. Watson, Ist Wilts l7 Lieut. A. S. Dickens, Victoria Corporal R. Prosser, W. Middlesex Ensign Walker, Gth Kincardine l7 Captain J. Mallam, 2d Oxford Sergeant H. Smith, 15th Surrey Captain 3. W. Collier, 4 th W. York l6 16 Captain Colesworth, 2d Essex.. Ensign 0. Coathop, 2 7th Some rset Private T. P. Waite, 10 th Glocester l6 Captain Jee, 55th Lancashiae l6 Sergeant Aolmes, Ist Manchester .... l6 Corporal Northam, London Rifle Brigade l6 F. W. Wells, 9th W. Middlesex Captain Cummings, 80th Lancashire The following were the other principal scores made on Saturday : " SATTJRDAY REVIEW" AND COUNT DE GENDRE PRIZES. Volley Firing at 400 Yards—Ten Men each. First Prizes. Points. 2d Stafford 144 Second Prizes. Ist Surrey .. 142 Third Przes. 10th Middlesex l4O Ties for Fourth Prizes. 13 let Warwick 47th Lancashire 131 Bth Lancashire COUNTY MATCHES. Ten Competitors,—Fire Rounds at each distance. 200 Yds. 500 Yds. Total Points. Points. Points. Staffordshire lll .. 129 .. 273 Gloucestershire Middlesex l3B .. 128 j.. 266 orfolk Lancashire Warwickshire Midlothian Worcestershire Wiltshire Kent Herefordshire Nottinghamrire Berkshire Derbyshire .. 128 .. Retired. FIRST SERIES EXTRA PRIZES-500 yards. Ties of 18 shoot for place. Ties of 17 shoot for seven prizes and places. SECOND LERIES EXTRA FRIZES—Any rifle, 800 yards. Highest Scores, Points. Hen, Member Miller, Bristol 19 Lord Ducie Li eu t ena nt Squire, 3 rd Elgin ALBEST—FIRST STAGE, Highest Scores at 200 Yards. Pointe. Sergeant Palmer, 3Gth Stafford Private Colquhoun, Dumbarton lB Private J. Baker, Ist Gloucester Colour-sergeant J. Clems, 3rd Renfrew Private G. Wilkins, 6th Aberdeen l7 Sergeant G. Gibbs, Ist Gloucester •• 17 Hon. Member G. Miller, Ist ditto l7 Captain Herbrrt, Coldstream Guards Hon. Member lleoford, Bristol Count de Gendre Captain Gregg, 27th Cheshire Major Holloway, 11th Norfolk Hon. Member T. Robbins, Ist Wilts ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP, value £5O. Winner, Sergeant H. M. Aldridge, 4th Dorset, 35 points. On Saturday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, the competition for the Owl prize was entered upon. There has been snme natural apprehension that danger was inseparable from rifle shooting after dark ; and one night, when experiments were _ _ _ __ going forward, the active patrol in camp, in igno- THE PAIR OF MOORUKS, those curious birds of ranee of the cause of the firing, was hastening to the ostrich family, in the Zoological Gardens, which the spot to arrest all the parties concerned, when were brought from Sydney in May, 1558, have at length they were stopped, and the matter satisfactorily succeeded in breeding young, Two previous attempts were explained. A single glance at the range on Satur- unsuccessful, in consequence of the male bird, who b.ds ialway n e hatches th day evening showed that there was one important fhis occasione fheedthferoymounge nrest. when eggs, latter having were dm destroyed s r t e l. ey o e v d safeguard which the nervous had entirely over they were hatched, and placed with a hen wadi sufficiently looked. The red lamp at night is a more effective strong to be restored to the parent birds.—AtZtenceuni• danger signal than the red flag by day. Among the THE " SPECTATOR'S " ANALYSIS OF TILE LATE multitudes of other objects, and in the preoccupation VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The Tories of his mind, a man in the daytime may not notice really secured IS Ultramontane votes, but lost the gt.: 12 ,, e that a flag which he believes to be lying down has through the resolution of their own side not to suPPo r ` suddenly been snatched up ; but he must be negli- them. The numbers were in England, for Govern!ro_lit 18 me b n y t the l7 Irish L i Liberal ral vote. ll In, making sk F hilv i Five censer wONev Without Catholicst h gent indeed if, firing at a light 200 yards off, the 260 to 220 against; in Scotland, 37 to 14; s e o Letters Would L e i bill baps avv Irish lee in "etiß"rdit'ai."n, only object within view,he fails to see that another to 72, giving Government a majority of 63 in ar G y r i t u c es out th voted light different in colour has been shown beside, or r fo ed r u G ce o d ve t m o an d Colonel in front of the one at which his piece is levelled. The Council wisely placed the entrance fee high for cit y i t e l d i e h i a s g p a a i r n t s y t, . i On b t h u u e t this prize, in order that there might be no over. sertera absent and 15 Conservatives, crowding at the firing points—something over 100 20, who might have turned the : n t o hFe E .: D n h g E. n l ß i d a A h , shots were fired on Saturday night, and the "owl's defections, on the other . hand, t eye" was broken twice—not a very large per cent- had a sweeping majority. age, but then it must be remembered that there is KIDNAPPING h s e ca Government e. By in T Null from two Lon.ityh9thLeibserdals were men h no guide whatever to the marksman. If he once just been recdeifvsetodthe Federal service. One who them have is "gets on," in shooting phrase, he may continue f been rom k a • d m n a u p p n e a Ica ed Dossor, who left Hull for New York easily enough to break the glass, shot after shot, 12 m onths ago. He was by trade a painter, and ono about but in the meantime his bullets may be drawing a day he was sent forby a person l who offered him a very good circular pattern just round the glass , and there w ill job—one, 8 kinfatcotl b y y k ov er he was to make his fortune. be nothing to show that they did not lodge in the iiewasa h e cd became ins e e r ns th ib e le bargain, and h did so. Soon enter corners of the target. A very curious e ffect afterwa rds covere d consciousness he found that n at d hweh n had been trans was again it e produced when the glass was struck and broken• formed into a Federal soldier. He was sent to a depot, where A cry of "Danger" was raised at once, and the die- with several other English recruits he was drilled heavily tance swarmed with red and white lights, which every day, and after a few weeks was sent to join the army, crawled like glowworms about the embankments, where at the date of the letter ho was compelled to fight in their owners being wholly invisible. When damages the ranks. Th e o th er l e tt er h a s been received by Mr Whin were repairedback ham, hatter, Waterworks -street Hull. It is from his of "All right," nephew, who states that ho left Liverpool in an American to their butts, there was a sh out sillp. On the voyage he was very umeb. ill-used by the and the firing recommenced. Mr. ;Malcolm,. A directed the butt marking, and continued till the lauded ho was seized by soldiers and taken by force to an range was closed. For competitors t b h l e . Mlle was island near New York, the name of which he does not give • very interesting, but the general as the EOM had Here ho met with several other Englishmen,. all of whom This w lette m r enough of " The Owls," especial]' atthat great heat had . been e . n impressed s daed June u into the sfaf F s e f d h e a rt t il th se e i recruits its were being of the day made .standinFt about o hour feel which daily, and that the writer e almost expected hourly to rather chilly. The ma jor' y f lookers on in cense receive orders to join the army. He complains loudly that deserted this spot for the camp fire of the quence the British Government does not interfere to prevent these Victories, where, as usual, they were hospitably re.. scandalous outrages upon Englishmen, apparently forget ceived, and mirth and melody lasted till a late hour. titig that by going to America and on board. an American Yesterday (Sunday) the encampment presented a ship he forfeited all reasonable claim upon the country he very interesting spectacle. It has been usual to hold deserted. Vernon. The House of Commons will be represented by Earl Grosvenor, Lord Elcho , Lord Bury, Mr. 111ald colm, Mr. Vivian, Mr. C. R , Talbot, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Buncombe. As to the two remaining places a slight uncertainty exists, but Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Humberston, and Mr. D. Griffith among them will supply the vacancies, leaving one bon . member in reserve in case any unforeseen emergengy should arise. Corrections to Fridaj's Scoring :—First Stage, Queen'e, name omitted—Lieutenant Puckle,London Scottish, 40 points. First sellies, extra prizes, name omitted—Private Green, 19 liC.rthampton, l7 points. 1 lid 4ir ;r0 Dr. F . .... al 3 11' ric- the OP St. ;f 14 Tett 4auf 'ge' ° ' badY rcitli'l V C' L i Lt. ilOOO ~arm~ rucef ova'. Esq. , ;rose, Ors' 650. [WI' .' 4 37 r $1 112. Qt